Potosi Mountain (Nevada)

Potosi Mountain
Potosi Mountain
	View from the east
Highest point
Elevation	8,517 ft (2,596 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	3,012 ft (918 m)
Coordinates	35°57′56″N 115°30′06″W / 35.96556°N 115.50167°W
Geography
Location	Clark County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range	Spring Mountains
Topo map	USGS Potosi

Potosi Mountain is approximately 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains of Clark County, southern Nevada, United States. It is also called Double Up Mountain and Olcott Peak.^[3] Its main bedrock is limestone.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Olcott". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce.
^ "Potosi Mountain, Nevada". Peakbagger.com.
^ "Potosi Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_4160.htm Hewett, D.F., 1931. Geology and ore deposits of the Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada, U.S.

[ngs-1] "Olcott". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce.

[2] "Potosi Mountain, Nevada". Peakbagger.com.

[3] "Potosi Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[4] ttps://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_4160.htm Hewett, D.F., 1931. Geology and ore deposits of the Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada, U.S.

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